What If
What If
No no no no no no no yeah yeah
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no no no no no no no no no no no
Sometimes I find myself staring out my window
and i ask myself what is happening to my people
At times all i do i sigh
and i try my [A]hardest not to [C7]cry
When i think about these kids in the stɾeet
whit no where to [C7]live
and [Bm]no food to [C7]eat.
The sufferation [C7]makes be [Am]mad
knowing that the people out there sad
So what if
we didn’t have guns and [Bm]war
and [Bm]everybody felt secure
What if
We didn’t have ɾacism
This black and [Bm]white thing didn’t exist
What If
Rosa Parks
she don’t got [Fm7]up off that bus
Tell Me what would have become of us
and [Bm]What If
Malcolm X, Martin Luther King was [Am7]a alive
All i am asking is the question [C7]why
And What
What if USA didn’t bomb Hiroshima
And the manager
she didn’t kill Selena
i am sure the latinos would be [Am]glad
to [C7]talk about a singer they have
instead of a signer that they had
What if
Stevie wonder wasn’t blind
Ray Charles didn’t do heroine
Bob Marley was [Am7]still alive
What if
I had stayed in Miami
Sean White wouldn’t be [Am]a memory
he would be [Am]here with me
So what if
we didn’t have guns and [Bm]war
and [Bm]everybody felt secure
What if
We didn’t have ɾacism
This black and [Bm]white thing didn’t exist
What If
Rosa Parks
she don’t got [Fm7]up off that bus
Tell Me what would have become of us
and [Bm]What If
Malcolm X, Martin Luther King was [Am7]a alive
All i am asking is the question [C7]why
And What
This song [Am]is a tɾibute
to [C7]all [Em]our fallen soldiers
Rosa Parks
Malcolm X
Martin Luther King
the great Robert Nesta Marley
Ray Charles
Sean White ɾest in peace
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No no no no no no no yeah yeah
I am asking
what if
we didn’t have guns and [Bm]war
and [Bm]everybody felt secure
What if
We didn’t have ɾacism
This black and [Bm]white thing didn’t exist
What If
Rosa Parks
she don’t got [Fm7]up off that bus
Tell Me what would have become of us
and [Bm]What If
Malcolm X, Martin Luther King was [Am7]a alive
All i am asking is the question [C7]why
And What
Sometimes I find myself staring out my [A]window
and [Bm]i ask myself what is happening to [C7]my [A]people
At times all [Em]i do i sigh
and [Bm]i tɾy my [A]hardest not to [C7]cry
When i think about these kids in the stɾeet
whit no where to [C7]live
and [Bm]no food to [C7]eat.
The sufferation [C7]makes be [Am]mad
knowing that the people out there sad
So what if
we didn’t have guns and [Bm]war
and [Bm]everybody felt secure
What if
We didn’t have ɾacism
This black and [Bm]white thing didn’t exist
What If
Rosa Parks
she don’t got [Fm7]up off that bus
Tell Me what would have become of us
and [Bm]What If
Malcolm X, Martin Luther King was [Am7]a alive
All i am asking is the question [C7]why
And What what if
we didn’t have guns and [Bm]war
and [Bm]everybody felt secure
What if
We didn’t have ɾacism
This black and [Bm]white thing didn’t exist
What If
Rosa Parks
she don’t got [Fm7]up off that bus
Tell Me what would have become of us
and [Bm]What If
Malcolm X, Martin Luther King was [Am7]a alive
All i am asking is the question [C7]why
What if
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No no no no no no no yeah yeah
Sean White ɾest in peace